what is the widest tires you guys run on your trucks? i have a 97 minicab and plan on running a 8 inch tire, but i would like to run a bigger one, i plan on driving the truck into muddy fields and want to sink in a little as possibly...what is your guys tire and what have you done to your truck to make them fit?
8 on the front is probably all your gonna get. I've seen some run 10-12 on the rear with negative offset wheels. Not sure about the specifics though.
You can get away with 10's on the rear. As for front 8's unless you space them out. You have to do your own math. Go to "Parts Unlimited ATV Catalog" and see what you can figure out on the spacers. Ive seen a truck with basic lift with 8's up front and 10's on the rear. In general the 8's foot print is pretty minimal. Consider the trucks weight is only 1400/1500 lbs, thats 350 + - per tire. That not much.
I am running 24x8x12 Kenda Bear Claws on stock rims. Seem to do ok! Not sure if you could or would even want to, run any wider tires on stock the stock rims, pretty sure that it would not be safe either. But if you bought after market rims, I think you would be only limited to the available rims with your bolt pattern and offset needed.
As the others have said, 8" or so is probably about the widest you can get away with in the front without getting too complicated. The rear you're not so limited and, in fact, there have been some folks that have done dual wheel setups in the rear. My truck is strictly used on the farm so I use AG tread tires: 8.5" front and 10.5" in the rear. I try to avoid real soft ground but so far the floatation and ground impact have been great. I should point out that these particular tires definitely run narrower than the advertised width. The actual width of the rears is closer to 9.5". Other brands (like the carlisle ALL-Trails) run truer to the stated width. I have a set of 8.5" All Trails on the front of my tractor and they are actually 8.5" wide (on an 8" wide rim). But I don't like All Trails in slick stuff because they fill up instantly. Of course, they don't hum and buzz like the AG tread tires do though!
where did you get your tires from? are they on stock rims or did you have to buy rims? also what is the offset in the back to fit the bigger tires?
